Although anachronistic in costuming and accents and overly long (at 3 hours and 17 minutes) with some ""wooden"" acting,Spartacusremains one of the more beloved and intelligent gladiator films (and a model for Ridley Scott""sGladiator (2000)).At a ledge near the top after bats flew out of a hole in the rock, he jumped forward to another protruding stepping stone and made it without falling, before climbing out.Some will say it was just a fairy-tale, that he was never real, but I""ll know." Daena also kissed him, hoping: "Maybe you""ll come back." He climbed into the undamaged pod, closed the hatch, and rocketed away from the planet.The pod again entered the electromagnetic storm with light waves (and the digital year-time indicator rapidly moved backwards in time), before he orbited the Earth""s atmosphere.From the outside, she heard the attacker rattling around, trying to get in.Barbra raced to a phone to dial for help, but the line was dead.From a window, she noticed two more additional trance-like, stiff-legged individuals approaching the exterior of the house - it was now dark outside.And both Steve McQueen and Harvey Keitel were considered for the Willard role ultimately played by Martin Sheen.